Let’s get them Thanet badlands up!

Might give that a go yeah, but this evening I did my basic bodyweight strength routine and decided to push reps per set a little – 3 x 8 pull ups, struggled – 3 x 10 dips – struggled slightly less, and then tried wide grip on 3 x 10 bodyweight rows and 3 x 10 push ups.

Think you might need to check your maths tho.

Cool!

I’ve started early as I’ve got to drop the car off for a MOT later.

A bit of a hang, 3,3,4,5,5. It adds up pretty fast.

To keep my girlfriend company (she’s doing 100 pressups per day until Christmas) I decided I would do 100 situps per day. That’s fine, apart from last night when I did them on carpet for the first time and managed to strip the skin off my tailbone. It’s annoying, especially as I know I have to do another 100 tonight in the gym.

Anybody else starting to develop an irrational hatred of scotroutes and his world?

Nah, we’ve got bigger mountains here 🙂

Interval run yesterday, felt pretty good although I can see it being the last run I do in shorts for a while… Shorter run today I think, then a bit of bike tomorrow.

70 bodyweight rows so far. 5 every 15 minutes.

Anybody else developing an irrational hatred of munro and his environs?😁

A spin up to Ryvoan in our first proper snowfall of the Winter. Very icy in places too so I can confirm that my butt clenching ability is undiminished.

I feel it in my hands more than anything. After 75 – the flesh gets a bit squeezed. A few extra rows with a trx just to make sure middle muscles of the back are involved today.

The amazing thing about grease the grove is that it doesn’t leave you smashed. Another 50 tomorrow wouldn’t be out of the question.

And it makes sure my eyes take a break from the screen.

Day 80. Seems like only yesterday I was grumbling that we hadn’t even reached half way yet.

I’d decided on a low-level walk to a minor summit near Badaguish. I was driving up but the Badaguish access track looked pretty icy so I just carried on. What I should have done was park at the bottom of the track.

I drove on up to Loch Morlich and then Glenmore where I eventually found a good parking spot. What I should have done was walk the extra distance to my planned hill.

I was at the bottom of the access path for Meall a Bhuachaille so I decided just to walk up to the tree line. Conditions were very benign – lots of lovely soft, untrodden snow. What I should have done was to turn around at the top of the trees and head back down.

Given it was so calm, I decided to head up a bit further. I could see the bottom of the cloud layer just above me. What I should have done was turn around when the path disappeared into the mist.

I carried on up to the col, whereupon the stiff Northerly wind hit me full blast, carrying with it icy rain. What I should have done was turn around right there and head back to the van.

Being that far up, I thought it was a shame not just to carry on to the summit. OK, I wasn’t really prepared for it, but hey ho. I was post-holing through thigh-deep drifts in places but I knew I wasn’t far from the top.

Anyway – made it back down safely, if feeling a little bit sheepish for having pushed the envelope further than was ideal.

Couple of cold wet hours on the road bike around Coniston, enjoyable but glad when it was over!

^ Know how you feel,hiked for my shopping then came home and did some weights,exercises and stretching.Must do a few bigger sessions this weekend.I,m just starting to get a bit bored and finding this a real chore.My enthusiasm seems to ebb and flow.

At last some decent photos 😂😉

Could be game over for me, slimy sniper rock got me on my run this afternoon, ankle the size of an orange now. Poo!

Had a lovely walk in the sunshine this afternoon before though so not all bad

Will try the bike in the morning but not mega hopeful right now. Medicinal whisky about to be deployed.

Try drunk Yoga, I just have. It’s a different kind of challenge 😂

Felt positive after the grease the groove thing the other day, so decided to go for max total reps of pull ups and dips while doing the laundry. Limiting to 5 reps per set, managed 8 sets of each (alternating pull ups & dips with 2-3 minutes laundry folding between sets). Didn’t reach fatigue – a big improvement on a couple of months ago. Then to finish 3 sets of 15 each of bodyweight rows and push ups. Went like this: 13bwr 20pu 12bwr 17pu 13bwr 14pu.

Did some physio then went for a stroll this morning.  But I’ve done enough strolling recently so just did 30mins garage circuits to get sweaty. Done.

2 hours on a heavy road bike today. Road is ok but it’s not mtb….

Grease the grove tomorrow. Hinge and balance day.
One leg Romanian dead lifts.
10 each leg = 20 per set.
5 sets per hour = 40 sets.

Come join!

I was really looking forward to a ride down at Findhorn and Roseisle with metalheart but woke up this morning with a stomach upset/runny gut. It has carried on all day so I reverted to a 30 minute yoga session with Kassandra. I’m only doing beginner level stuff but I already feel it’s doing some good to my mobility. That might be the one big takeaway from this 100 day sequence.

We are also now into that time of year that the paths and tracks are alternately icy and dangerous or slushy and sodden. This next couple of weeks will be a real challenge for me.